For the second week in a row I've had daughter to the ER. Before that she was there for an abcessed tooth last month. She's had too much pain for too long...too long. She's getting massively depressed thinking it will never end. I've been soooooooooooo concerned.

They kept saying it was muscles and that she kept reinjuring them due to babysitting every day, etc. She was just dealing with a pulled muscle and inflamation. She would do better, then literally scream and cry. It's been horrible and so exhausting for her, and everyone.

I took her out tonight as she "injured" it again. She was still in pain after three full shots of morphine, a muscle relaxer and steriods. They did a cat scan (which was still very hard for her after three shots) due to the fear the the spinal cord was being compressed because of the pain, numbness and heaviness in her right leg.

The cat scan showed two herniated discs. She's 18. They said a follow-up MRI needs to be done to find exactly what else might be there that didn't show up.

The anxiety of three weeks of this has been amazing. She had a meltdown and I don't blame her. She yelled at the doctor, hyperventilated, teeth chattering. It was so hard to watch and such a helpless feeling now for weeks.

The little man starts his first day of school tomorrow, and I will make it amazing for him. I just will.

It's just been an anxious time, but now we know what we're dealing with. We're hopeful with the help of meds and steriods.

Please keep the family, my daughter, in your thoughts.

Love,

KD